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Did Not Last

had this drive for 2 years, hardly used it. only to back up data. drive no longer works. ended up taking it apart to get the 3TB WD Green HHD out of it to see if i can recover the data, currently sitting in my closet. will not be supporting WD products in the future.

Overall

2.3

Value

3.0

Features

1.0

Quality

1.0

Performance

4.0

Reviewer:

SuperTech

Date:

Nov 15, 2013

Danger they do not care about your data

This drive offers encryption. Great.
But because it would be too much trouble to encrypt a drive with data already on it they always encrypt the data even if you tell it not to. The data is essentially encrypted with an empty password that still cannot be decrypted without the USB to SATA board that does the encryption. If that board goes you cannot get your data back by removing the interface and putting the drive on a SATA controller because it is encrypted.
Not only that but they will not give or even sell you a USB to SATA board if yours goes.
They will ONLY replace the drive. You lose all your data. They do not even offer a utility to read it on a SATA controller.
Not only that but if you DO password protect the drive and lose your password they cannot retrieve or blank out your password.
This is a huge mistake. Boycott this and any other drive that do the same thing.
I believe all their USB 3.0 drives do.

Overall

4.0

Value

4.0

Features

4.0

Quality

4.0

Performance

4.0

Reviewer:

Rlara1200,

Date:

Sep 29, 2013

Have been using these products for years-

I have been using the WD Books for quite a while. Prior to purchasing the 3 TB I have been using a 1TB book- something happened- with original formatting that did not allow me to back up or save onto the Hard drive- however I could access what was there.- I bought the 3TB to copy from the 1TB unit- everything was fine. I suggest reformatting the drive when you get it for your computer- I of course am a mac user- I thought the original formatting would be no problem- but now I see I need to reformat for Mac so I do not have any more issues- the 1 TB drive is fine- no problems after formatting- I would recommend- based on ease of use and cost. The software WD Smartware is fine- the back ups are fine- have used for years- however now I prefer time machine for Mac.

Overall

5.0

Value

5.0

Features

5.0

Quality

5.0

Performance

5.0

Reviewer:

MandaBear87,

Date:

Jul 24, 2013

Great price and product!

From what I've seen, this is a cheap price for the amount of space that comes with this external drive. It is super easy to install and seems to have no issues thus far. I'm glad that I got it. :)

Overall

3.8

Value

4.0

Features

3.0

Quality

5.0

Performance

3.0

Reviewer:

LILOLA,

Date:

Jul 22, 2013

Not the best backup drive I have ever had!!

The software is the problem with this drive and it is also huge in comparison to my other ehd's. It seems to be doing the trick, though.

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